Will to Live
生きたい
Release: 1999-01-15·Runtime: 119m·★ 6.4
Drama
It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Cast
Naoko Ohtanias Yasukichi's lover
Manabu Muraji
Yôko Nakajima
Hideo Kanzeas Director of a hospital
Fujio Suga
Yoshiko Miyazakias Tomoko
Rinko Kikuchi
Moeko Ezawa
Rentaro Mikunias Yasukichi
Shinobu Otakeas Tokuko
Hideko Yoshidaas Old woman at village
Choei Takahashi
Yuriko Hirooka
Nao Omori
Hisako Hara
Masahiko Tsugawaas Village chief
Akaji Maro
Naomasa Musaka
Masayuki Shionoya
Tokuko Watanabeas Village chief's lover
Akira Emotoas Doctor
Rei Natsume
Eimei Esumias Villager
Shun Ueda
Bokuzo Masana
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